Social Behavior

Mere exposure Effect

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People tend to develop a preference for things

merely because they are familiar with them
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Cognitive Neoassociation Model

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We are more likely to respond to other

aggressively whenever we are feeling negative
emotions, such as being tired, sick, frustrated, or in
pain
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Projection Bias
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People overestimate how much other people agree

with them
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Stranger Anxiety
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A form of distress that children experience when

exposed to people unfamiliar to them
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Parenting styles
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Parenting behaviors and attitudes that set the

emotional climate in regard to parent-child
interactions, such as parental responsiveness and
demandingness
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Authoritarian
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High in demandingness and low in supportiveness

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Authoritative
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High in demandingness and high in supportiveness

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Permissive
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Low in demandingness and high in supportiveness

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Rejecting-Neglecting
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Low in demandingness and low in supportiveness

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Modeling
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A client learns new skills by imitating another

person, such as a parent or therapist, who
performs the behavior to be acquired; Attributed to
Albert Bandura
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Social Scripts
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A sequence of expected behaviors for a given

situation
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Altruism
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The belief in or practice of disinterested and

selfless concern for the well-being of others
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Kin Selection
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Natural selection in favor of behavior by individuals

that may decrease their chance of survival but
increases that of their kin
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Reciprocal Altruism
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A behaviour whereby an organism acts in a

manner that temporarily reduces its fitness while
increasing another organism's fitness, with the
expectation that the other organism will act in a
similar manner at a later time
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Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
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If someone feels empathy towards another person,

they will help them, regardless of what they can
gain from it
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Attachment
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An emotional bond between a caregiver and a

child
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Secure Attachment
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Seen when a child has a consistent caregiver and

is able to go out and explore, knowing that he or
she has a secure base to return to
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Avoidant Attachment
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Seen when the caregiver has little or no response

to a distressed child.
The child will show no preference between a
stranger and the caregiver
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Ambivalent Attachment
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Seen when a caregiver has an inconsistent

response to a child’s distress. The child is unable
to form a secure based as he or she cannot
consistently rely on the caregiver’s response
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Disorganized Attachment
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Children show no clear pattern of behavior in

response to the caregiver’s absence or presence
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Social Support
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The perception or reality that one is cared for by a

social network
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Emotional Support
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Listening, affirming, and empathizing with

someone’s feelings
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Esteem Support
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Similar to emotional support but focused on

affirming the qualities and skills of a person
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Informational Support
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Providing information that will help someone

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Material/Tangible Support
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Any type of financial or material contribution to

another person
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Network Support
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Social support that gives a person a sense of

belonging
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Mate Choice
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The selection of a mate based on attraction

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Mate Bias
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How choosy members of the species are while

choosing a mate
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Phenotypic Benefits
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Observable traits that make a potential mate more

attractive to the opposite sex
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Sensory Bias
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Development of a trait to match a preexisting

preference that exists in the population
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Runaway Selection
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A positive feedback mechanism in which a

particular trait that has no effect on survival
becomes more and more exaggerated over time
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Indicator Traits
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Traits that signify overall good health and well-

being of an organism, increasing its attractiveness
to mates
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Genetic Compatibility
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The creating of mate pairs that have

complementary genetics
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Game Theory
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Mathematical model that attempts to explain

decision-making behavior
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Nash Equilibrium
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The choice that leaves you better off, no matter

what the opponents decide to do
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Social Perception
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Provides the tools make judgments and

impressions regarding other people
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Perceiver
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The one who is making the perception; Influenced

by experience, motives, and emotional state
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Target
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The person about which the perception is made

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Situation
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The social context in which the perception is made

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Impression Bias
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The event when one person first encounters

another person and forms a mental image of that
person. Impression accuracy varies depending on
the observer and the target being observed
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Reliance on Central Traits

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The tendency to organize the perception of others

based on traits and personal characteristics that
are most relevant to the perceiver
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Implicit Personality Theory

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The specific patterns and biases an individual uses

when forming impressions based on a limited
amount of initial information about an unfamiliar
person